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VIDEO: Tear Gas Flies as Minneapolis Rioters Protest Death of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS — Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement
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LeBron James joins athletes voicing outrage over death of unarmed black man after arrest
(Reuters) – LeBron James was among a number of high-profile athletes who took to social media to speak out on the death of an unarmed black man seen in a video lying face down in the street while a white police officer knelt on his neck for several
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Minnesota's Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd
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Black and Blue Don’t Match: Police Officers Kill Another African American
African Americans hadn’t stopped grieving over the assassination of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia when a video surfaced out of Minnesota, showing a police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a subdued George
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America
From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, African Americans are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the
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UN human rights chief calls for 'serious action' to stop police killings of unarmed African Americans
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday condemned the string of police killings of unarmed African Americans and called for U.S. officers who use excessive force to be charged and convicted for their
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Colin Kaepernick: Protestors 'have the right to fight back' after death of George Floyd
Colin Kaepernick has broken his silence regarding the death of George Floyd, who was killed while in police
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Biden: George Floyd's death shows 'open wound' of US racism
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Friday that the “open wound” of systemic racism was behind the police killing of a handcuffed black man in
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Protests Continue Nationwide Over George Floyd Killing In Minneapolis
Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck — continued Friday evening as Americans demanded that those involved face
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TSD Flash!: Local protesters, supporters push forward for 'justice'
Memphis Police Department officers made moves to keep the groups apart, subsequently issuing dispersal orders in response to streets being blocked illegally, according to a police
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Arrests In DC As Activists Take To The Streets To Support Minneapolis Protesters | Afro
Multiple arrests occurred as hundreds of activists marched throughout Washington D.C. for George Floyd and his supporters Friday
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death of Black Man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was
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'We've Been Dealing with Injustice': Rasheeda Frost Goes Off on a Fan Who Tells Her to Use Platform for More Serious Issues
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Gym Patrol Gary: White Man Loses Office Lease After Calling Police On Black Entrepreneurs Using Gym
The exchange, which was caught on video and posted by Top Figure to Instagram, shows Austin questioning the three men about their office location before pulling out his phone to call the
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Black man dies at hands of police during arrest in Minneapolis [video]
Incredibly or not, the slaughter of black men at the hands of law enforcement officers continues, with the latest transgression occurring on Memorial Day in Minneapolis when four police officers were involved in the killing of black man who died in police
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4 Police Officers Fired After A Black Man Dies In Minneapolis Police Custody
The mayor of Minneapolis says four Minneapolis Police Department officers involved in the death of a black man in police custody have been
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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death Of George Floyd | Afro
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VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
During a protest over the police killing of George Floyd, protesters gather in the back of the precinct where some of the protesters picked up rocks and medal objects to smash the windows of a squad car in the back on May
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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
During a protest over the police killing of George Floyd, protesters gather in the back of the precinct where some of the protesters picked up rocks and medal objects to smash the windows of a squad car in the back on May
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says 'F U' To Trump For 'Looting' Tweet
When Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot was asked if there was anything she’d like to say to Donald Trump, she was ready with an
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Black Actor Walks 'For All Those Who Never Made It Home’ In Latest Viral Video
Tyler Merritt’s new viral video is dedicated to all the Black people “who never made it
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NYC Transit Union Backs Bus Drivers Who Refuse To Transport Protesters For NYPD | HuffPost
New York City’s transit workers’ union has voiced its support for members who refuse to help the New York Police Department transport protesters to jail in the wake of a viral video that appears to show just
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More Protesters Across The Country Demand Justice For George Floyd
Protests prompted by the police killing of George Floyd popped up in even more cities across the U.S. on Saturday as thousands of people continued to demand justice for Black victims of police
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OE-ED: We Have a Right to be Angry!
The injustice for black and brown people isn’t something foreign to this
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George Floyd encourages youth to give up gun violence in bittersweet video
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500 National Guard Personnel will Join the LAPD to Protect the Community from Violence and Looting
500 National Guard Personnel will Join the LAPD to Protect the Community from Violence and Looting
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EFF condemns George Floyd's 'ruthless murder and police violence against African-Americans' - Ghanamma.com
Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters are saddened by the ruthless murder of George Floyd by racist police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the party said on
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Trump's a disaster for black voters, but they also need to hold Biden accountable | The Atlanta Voice
Up to this point in the interview, former Vice President Biden spoke about his campaign, institutional racism and the challenges facing the black
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Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner: George Floyd's Death Was 'A Murder'
A top law enforcement official in Minnesota on Friday declared George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police “a murder,” shortly before prosecutors finally charged one of the police officers with murder and manslaughter, four days after
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An Open Letter: America on Fire
While the world deals with COVID 19, those kissed by the sun as usual find themselves dealing not only with the disparities revealed during these times in areas such as: technology, health care, and income, just to name a few, but the pandemic of African American men hanging from trees like strange
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